Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 437
! ! 437 afraid, then he will also grow to be fear ful. When the Holy Prophet sa went in to t he Battle of Hunain , there were many new Muslims participating. The arrows began to fly and t hey took off running. Once they began to flee, th e whole Musli m army took off, until only twelve men remained standing with the Holy Prophet sa. On the opposite side stood four thousand men, ready to bombard them with arrows. The Muslim arm y w as not timid at heart, nor were they cowards , however they acted in a cowardly manner upon seeing others behave in a cowardly ma nner. No woman can make her child courageous and brave as long as the other women of the village do no t work towards raising their children to be fearless. Likewise , look at the issue of education. Even the richest person is unable to run a school by himself. On the contrary, the most impoverished of people can come together to establish a splendid college. Here, a school’s expenses come to nearly twenty - five to twenty - six thousand rupees. No one person is saddled with thi s expense, but it is distributed between all of you who earn four rupees and donate one paisa each. A Jama'at is deemed necessar y for group activities, therefore we have enacted a rule that wherever there are Ahmadi women , they should establish a Lajna Ima’illah. Lajna Ima’illah means ‘an assembly of Allah ’s pious maid servants. ’ It is with deep regret, that I am forced to say that this group is not yet established everywhere. Wherever a Lajna is established , each wom a n in the area will be a member and every wom a n must pledge that she will sacrifice her life to spread Allah ’s religion and tha t she will give up her life, but she will not tread back wards. Dedicate a day or two per week and instead of gossiping about your neighbors, discuss religion and counsel each other on good deeds. Time and again , I have drawn your attention to the fact that you cannot work for your nation until you possess the appropriate weapon s. Lajna Ima’illah is your weapon. How can you perform group activities without working together? Strive to observe at least one prayer out of the five in congregation. If you pray in